Space

Tech

What Parents Tell Their Kids When They Plan to Die on Mars

02.20.15

By Ben Richmond
Food

You Can Now Eat Russian Space Food—But Do You Want To?

02.19.15

By Hilary Pollack
Travel

How Does a 28-Year-Old Californian Prepare Himself for Life (and Death) on Mars?

02.19.15

By Allie Conti
Tech

How Satellite Companies Patent Their Orbits

02.19.15

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

How Dark Matter Could Have Helped Kill the Dinosaurs

02.19.15

By Becky Ferreira
Games

‘No Man’s Sky’ Sounds Amazing, Literally

02.18.15

By Mike Diver
Tech

Iran’s ‘Space Program’ May Be a Cover for Developing Better Ballistic Missiles

02.18.15

By Jason Koebler
Tech

Most Americans Would Pass Up a Free Trip to Space

02.17.15

By Ben Richmond
Tech

Enormous Martian Clouds Still Perplex Astronomers

02.16.15

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

A Visual History of Cosplaying Astronauts

02.16.15

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

Happy Valentine’s Day, From a Pale Blue Dot

02.14.15

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

Rosetta Orbiter to Comet 67P: Be My Valentine?

02.13.15

By Rosetta Orbiter

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Horoscopes

Daily Horoscope: October 21, 2026

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Life

A Gas Station Price War in Georgia Sent Prices Plummeting to Just 97 Cents a Gallon

Two rival stations kept undercutting each other until gas dropped below a dollar, drawing huge crowds and forcing police to intervene.

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Life

This Hotel Hosted a Five-Day Retreat Dedicated Entirely to Farting

The retreat offered people a judgment-free place to fart freely, with absolutely no risk of being kicked out for stinking up the joint.

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Science

Scientists Just Discovered That Earth’s Core Is Leaking, and It Has Been for Billions of Years

A new study suggests ancient hydrogen trapped deep inside Earth has been slowly escaping into the mantle for billions of years.

10 hours ago

By Luis Prada
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Music

3 Hardcore Punk Bands That Revived Straight Edge in the 2000s

In the 2000s, these three hardcore punk bands helped revive the straight edge movement, introducing a new generation to straight edge.

11 hours ago

By Dan Milam